CountryMomma ASN, RN

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  1. CountryMomma

    Hesi petition

    CountryMomma replied to kfbris56's topic in General Students

    Wait, you are lecturing others on not looking research you know doesn't exist? Both HESI and ATI websites should have links to the research endorsing their use. Using the references and footnotes...
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    “Your privacy is important to us� so how did patients’ medical exams get on Youtube?

    CountryMomma replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    So now you aren't the victim, the people who go about "violating hipaa" are the victims? Where exactly are you working that hipaa is just one huge joke? Your profile says you're a pre-nursing student...
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    Hesi petition

    CountryMomma replied to kfbris56's topic in General Students

    I am in favor of making the HESI or ATI exams a part of your grades for one simple reason: 90% of a class will skip an "assignment" if it's non-graded. Now in this case they wouldn't skip it but...
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    Hesi petition

    CountryMomma replied to kfbris56's topic in General Students

    I had no problem with my school using ATI exams to determine advancement to the next level of classes. No, the instructors didn't cover everything on each assessment. It isn't their job to teach to...
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    “Your privacy is important to us� so how did patients’ medical exams get on Youtube?

    CountryMomma replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Also I'm curious. You say these mean people who demanded you "violate hipaa" decided you were a poor "victim". Victim of what? What kind of general going ons, as you put it, involve groups of people...
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    “Your privacy is important to us� so how did patients’ medical exams get on Youtube?

    CountryMomma replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    What is your obsession with patients and
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    for those who work 12 hour shifts, how long is your lunch break?

    CountryMomma replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Nursing

    They'll say you have poor time management skills and fire you for a newer nurse who won't argue and will take the criticism to heart, convinced they're a poor nurse with no hopes of finding a better...
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    Furosemide

    CountryMomma replied to brown rice's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Telling you to actually follow your own advice is NOT the same as telling someone they shouldn't be posting because they're
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    Furosemide

    CountryMomma replied to brown rice's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Giving someone the answer to a fairly straightforward question instead of encouraging them to put the effort in to determine the answer themselves is NOT helping. It does nothing to sharpen their...
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    Furosemide

    CountryMomma replied to brown rice's topic in Medical-Surgical

    So I have to be "professional" and not express my opinion on the safety issues of a nurse who doesn't understand or care to investigate the actions of a very common drug. But it is *not*...
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    Fun with charting.

    CountryMomma replied to Bortaz's topic in General Nursing

    "Pt becomes more agitated and impulsive when daughter is in pt's room. Strongly suggest bed alarm, chair alarm, and having daughter leave." - MD after meeting the LOL's
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    for those who work 12 hour shifts, how long is your lunch break?

    CountryMomma replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Nursing

    On a good day, 20 mins. On a busy day, 15. On a bad day, 0. We're supposed to have 30 mins unpaid, but that's a joke. We can't leave the campus and can't turn off our floor phones. The only person I...
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    Healthcare Facilities running out of medications + supplies

    CountryMomma replied to calivianya's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    They asked us to "conserve" them. How one conserves gowns I haven't a clue ... allow one trip into the patient's room each hour, and just throw any requested items to the pt from the door way? We...
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    Healthcare Facilities running out of medications + supplies

    CountryMomma replied to calivianya's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    NS, isolation gowns, droplet masks, hot packs, cups, spoons, and my personal favorite, med cups. They brought substitute med cups to the nursing station. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to...
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    I wish RN schools would quit teaching the RN students LPN's can't do anything!

    CountryMomma replied to Wannabeeinscrubs's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    OP, I am confused. You talk about "our education" referring to LPNs, but your profile states you have only non-nursing education. I'm either not understanding what you refer to in "our education"...
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    I wish RN schools would quit teaching the RN students LPN's can't do anything!

    CountryMomma replied to Wannabeeinscrubs's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I just picked this quote as the the jumping off point for my post. I don't know why everyone keeps asking where it specifically says what LPNs can and cannot do... it is in the NPA of the state, often...
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    Furosemide

    CountryMomma replied to brown rice's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Shouldn't this be in the nursing student section? OP, how does Lasix work on the kidneys? How will that affect it's
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    Other Nurses: a compendium(of love and hate)

    CountryMomma replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    The Font of Wisdom: that nurse that has been in nursing for longer than you've been using the toilet on your own, this nurse not only remembers archaic ways of nursing, has accumulated years of...
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    When to piggyback This

    CountryMomma replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    There's the rub in my opinion - I'm on a floor where a good majority of my patients are in or have renal failure. That's why my run times on so many meds are different. We don't use Vanco on our...
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    Influenza

    CountryMomma replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

    My facility just implemented reduced visitation due to influenza, and the NICU is on drastic restrictions. Strain A is the culprit here so far, and we haven't peaked yet. (ND) A third of my floor...
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    When to piggyback This

    CountryMomma replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    Zosyn is always given over three hours in my facility, and Vanco never runs for longer than an hour. In the event I have a high rate IVF running (100mL/hr or more) and something to run secondary...
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    Why do we not get paid for lunch even if we never get to take one?

    CountryMomma replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

    Had I not had compassion for my coworker, I certainly would not have covered her patients and demanded she take a 10 minute break to regroup. I would've told her tough luck and gone on my way. But...
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    Why do we not get paid for lunch even if we never get to take one?

    CountryMomma replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

    *snort* toomuchbaloney, your name holds true, that's for sure! Again, patients in hospitals are under much different circumstances than the nurse I worked with. She wet herself because she refused...
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    Why do we not get paid for lunch even if we never get to take one?

    CountryMomma replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

    In my opinion, you are projecting. I never mentioned anything about bleeding through - I know that no one can fully predict when Hemorrhage Hour will be upon them. And has crap-all to do with my...
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    Nicu to Medical/Surgical floor

    CountryMomma replied to Jammersrn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm med surg, and if I'm taking care of Mom and you wheel that baby onto my floor I'm going to quickly and firmly ask you to wheel them right back off. 1) we have influenza, herpes zoster, and TB...